Re: [Boost-users] [mpl] newbie question about if_c et al

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [mpl] newbie question about if_c et al
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-04-07 09:46:21

AMDG

Jonathan Leonard wrote:
>> Why not?  Have you actually looked at what compiler optimizations do?
>> The optimization required is really not very sophisticated.
>>     
>
> Mmm.  I know that compilers do much more sophisticated optimization than this but I just figured that there was a more elegant way to express my actual intent here.  Using a 'void*' when it isn't ever actually used/read seems like a 'hack' [and I don't like writing superfluous code].
>
> However, it seems that there's no better approach in this case, so it will be fine.
>   

The alternative is to create a dummy class whose constructor ignores
its arguments.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe